French Project Descriptions
Online learning of basic skills in French
- Primary Investigator: Brian MacWhinney
Cluster(s): Fluency
Course(s): Chinese, French
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Project Runs: 2004-12-01 to 2007-03-01Most recent project report:
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Improving cultural learning by predicting in French film
- Primary Investigator: Amy Ogan
- Co-PIs & Other Investigator(s): Vincent Aleven, Chris Jones
Cluster(s): Interactive Communications
Course(s): French
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Project Runs: 2004-09-01 to 2006-12-31Most recent project report:
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Bridging the gap between comprehension and production in second language learning
- Primary Investigator: Nel de Jong
- Co-PIs & Other Investigator(s): Charles Perfetti, Robert DeKeyser
Cluster(s): Coordinative Learning, Fluency
Course(s): English, French
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Project Runs: 2005-09-01 to 2006-08-31Most recent project report:
(2006-04-13) report_ndj_april2006.doc
Most recent project poster:
(2006-04-13) pslc-poster_ndj_april06.ppt
Robust Vocabulary Learning and Sentence Processing in French
- Primary Investigator: Natasha Tokowicz
Cluster(s): Fluency
Course(s): French
The proposed research will examine whether several methods for teaching second language (L2) vocabulary will lead to robust learning, which includes long-term retention, transfer to novel situations and contexts, and acceleration of future learning. This study focuses on testing whether several vocabulary instruction methods lead to robust learning. Several factors are of interest including category learning, and noncanonical picture training. The instructional methods include:
• Training vocabulary in randomly-mixed rather than semantically-categorized lists
• Associating new L2 words to line drawings in noncanonical orientations (e.g., upside down) rather than to line drawings in canonical orientations or to their L1 translations
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Training oral production in learning second language grammar
- Primary Investigator: Nel de Jong
- Co-PIs & Other Investigator(s): Charles Perfetti, Robert DeKeyser
Cluster(s): Fluency, Refinement
Course(s): French
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Project Runs: 2006-09-01 to 2007-08-31Most recent project report:
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